| | |  | STUDIO GHIBLI LIBRARY | Home » » » Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 8 | | | | | | | Description: | | R to L (Japanese Style). A new vision based on Astroboy - "The greatest robot on earth". Final Volume! | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Naoki Urasawa | | Paperback:
| 256 pages | | Publisher:
| VIZ Media LLC | | Publication Date:
| April 06, 2010 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 142153343X | | Product Length:
| 8.24 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.08 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.77 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.76 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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Needs the PraiseApr 26, 2010
By A Togashi Fan
(So I'm not one for writing reviews, since someone else has usually done a helluva better one before I ever get around to it... so I'm completely shocked that this has yet to see one.)
This is the final volume, of course, and Urasawa finishes it with a bang... literally. All loose-ends are tied up in some way or another and the series ends in a satisfying manner despite this truly only being an 'arc' from a bigger story of Astro Boy.
For being only eight volumes long, Urasawa actually surprised me on how tight of a job he did with rounding the series out. Monster is 18 volumes and 20th Century Boys (including 21st) is 22, I believe. So seeing him create the whole universe and atmosphere in only 8 volumes is some extremely crafty scripting on his part.
Not really going to delve into the plot of the volume. It runs slightly longer than the previous volumes... and Viz's presentation of the series is just as nice as the previous volumes including yet another interesting interview following the end of the series.
All-in-all, another amazing work for the mastermind Naoki Urasawa. If you have yet to read his other series, go ahead and jump on them. Viz has released all of Monster (and the first DVD boxset for the anime) and is currently releasing 20th Century Boys. Also, if you haven't read any of Tezuka's works, go pick up Apollo's Song, Black Jack, or Buddha from Vertical. I personally hadn't read anything by Tezuka before reading Pluto. And though this work really has nothing to do with Tezuka, it made me think about reading somethings from him and I wasn't disappointed.
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Excellent Story and Beautiful ExecutionAug 29, 2010
By K. Staton
"Coffee Goddess"
Urasawa has executed an almost flawless storyline. It draws you in from the first few pages of volume one and leaves you satisfied with the ending here in volume eight yet still wanting more as most excellent stories do. Personally I really got into the characters and cried quite a few times during the series due to the events that unfold and the character's reactions to them.
If you've never read manga or would like to try something different, give this series a read. At only eight volumes it's nowhere near as daunting as something like One Piece and, I think, appeals to all. Do be aware though that if you're thinking of Astro Boy from your childhood cartoons, this is much more violent and dark. The first volume starts off with the horrific murder of a beloved robot and it only continues from there. However, Urasawa makes sure the violence and darkness never overwhelms and there is always an undercurrent of hope.
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